ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H60-H62 › H61.3 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal › H61.31

H61.31

Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to trauma

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H61.311 Acquired stenosis of right external ear canal secondary to trauma
  • H61.312 Acquired stenosis of left external ear canal secondary to trauma
  • H61.313 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to trauma, bilateral
  • H61.319 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to trauma, unspecified ear

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to trauma

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H61.30 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal, unspecified Not billable
H61.32 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection Not billable
H61.39 Other acquired stenosis of external ear canal Not billable